The disturbing truth is that the Bush/Cheney admin wasn’t torturing detainees to get intelligence to protect the country (torture has never been proven to be effective at getting good information) but instead they were torturing them to try to get them to give a (false) confession of some link between 9/11 and Iraq.
In light […]

President Obama has left the door open for congressional investigations into the Bush admin’s role in the torture of prisoners of war during the “War on Terror.”
It’s clear that the orders to use torture (which is illegal according to international law) came from the top so these investigations could lead to the very top […]

The Republicans appear to be in danger of becoming a fringe party that only appeals to the type of people who don’t think Rush Limbaugh is a moronic gasbag. And luckily for the future of this country the amount of Americans who are deluded enough to have a favorable opinion of Limbaugh is lower than […]

Although it seems somewhat crazy to already be polling approval ratings for someone who will not even become President for another two months, that’s exactly what Rasmussen Reports is doing.
On 11/6, Obama’s approval rating was at 52% (closely corresponding to the 53% Obama won in the popular vote.) As of 11/17 (today) that approval […]

Jon Stewart on John McCain’s RNC acceptance speech:

Read this commentary by Jack Cafferty at CNN: McCain is another Bush.
Not only does McCain share most of the same view points as Bush and plans no major changes in policy from the Bush admin, he is also very similar to Bush as far as the way he thinks in general. McCain a simplistic thinker […]

President George W. Bush criticized Barack Obama’s platform at a Republican fundraiser last night. In particular he mocked Obama’s themes of “hope” and “change.” Rather fitting coming from a President who has brought us nothing but “fear” and who endorses a candidate (McCain) who wants to bring us a lot more of the “same.”
“The war […]

Actor John Cusack on the similarity between George W. Bush & John McCain:

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New Bush/McCain Challenge ad from MoveOn:

John McCain has missed more votes than any other Senator in 2008 and when he has bothered showing up, he has voted in line with President Bush’s position every single time.